Watching a Kingfisher hover to catch fish is a splendid experience for any wildlife photographer or enthusiast, It tends to happen out of necessity over areas of fish rich waters where no natural high perch points such as trees, hedgerow or rock formations are available near enough for them to easily watch and fish from.
Kingfishers need to be a minimum of a metre above the water to allow their lightweight body to build up enough speed to break the surface water tension while overcoming their own natural buoyancy and the deeper the fish are in the water the more height they require.
If you are lucky enough to witness this behaviour, Set up your camera and tripod in the area, Invest some time and for sure if you have seen it happen once it will always happen again and you will be ready to catch the action.
Kingfisher hovers duration can extend over thirty seconds in difficult circumstances which should allow time enough to capture this action.
The Kingfisher didn't dive on this occasion but I will hopefully catch the full behaviour sequence next time !
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